Communist Party of Nicaragua

The Communist Party of Nicaragua (PCdeN) is a communist political party in Nicaragua that was founded in 1967. The party was founded as the Socialist Workers' Party (POS), and it was founded by expelled members of the Nicaraguan Socialist Party. In 1970, the POS changed its name to the PCdeN, and it joined hands with the right-wing National Opposition Union to topple the Sandinista government in 1990.